Awais Munir shocks Zulfiqar in National Snooker Championship
Upsets continue as debutant Punjab’s Awais Munir downs sixth seed Zulfiqar in the ongoing Insurance 43rd National Snooker Championship at Karachi Gymkhana.
Five walkovers have been awarded so far in four days of the event while upsets were also seen in the ongoing Insurance 43rd National Snooker Championship at Karachi Gymkhana.
Sindh’s Ian Mark John got the walkover first against Shaikh M Mudassir from Punjab on the second day and he got another walkover against Balochostan’s Jahangir Yar Mohammad on day four in group A.
On Wednesday Turyali Aziz from Balochistan was also handed a walkover against his province mate Mahmood Khan. Punjab’s Abdul Jawaid and Shaikh M. Mudassir were also rewarded with walkover against Mahood Khan and Jahangir Yar Mohammad respectively on Thursday.
Debutant from Punjab Awais ullah Munir starched the match to limits and toppled the sixth seed Zulfiqar 4-3. Awais was completely down and out before he registered a strong comeback to win the match against veteran cueist by 66-24, 23-65, 34-72, 36-73, 77-2, 75-14, 64-54.
Another debutant from Punjab Qadeer Abbas, a qualifier from the Punjab cup is one of the others who almost ensured the place in the knockout by staying unbeaten so far in four matches.
Mohammad Naseem Akhtar defending junior world champion, Mohammad Bilal former National champion and two local cueists Abdul Sattar, Babar Masih have also maintained clean slate from their groups.
Results:
| 1 | Mubashir Raza (Punjab) | def. | Mohammad Faizan (Sindh) | 4-3 (15-75, 79-16, 53-67, 72-18, 83-49, 47-62, 49-1) |
| 2 | Awais Ullah Munir (Punjab) | def. | Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) | 4-3 (66-24, 23-65, 34-72, 36-73, 77-2, 75-14, 64-54) |
| 3 | Khurram H. Agha (Sindh) | def. | Amir Shehzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | 4-3 (39-78, 47-70, 57-45, 66-29, 71-25, 49-72, 59-50) |
| 4 | Mohammad Ishtaiq (Sindh) | def. | Bahadur Khan (Balochistan) | 4-2 (20-61, 78-63, 22-70, 60-43, 67-48, 80-28) |
| 5 | Rambel Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | def. | Mohammad Ahsan Javaid (Punjab) | 4-3 (21-86, 59-23, 30-63, 53-44, 78-6, 34-66, 69-56) |
| 6 | Abdul Sattar (Sindh) | def. | Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) | 4-3 (67-28, 58-17, 69-31, 42-67, 18-60, 44-65, 62-54) |
| 7 | Babar Masih (Punjab) | def. | Noman Javed (Islamabad) | 4-2 (71-11, 31-70, 73-35, 88-33, 26-78, 83-54) |
| 8 | Mohammad Ijaz (Punjab) | def. | Mohammad Haris Tahir (Punjab) | 4-3 (8-58, 62-67, 32-71, 75-24, 81-22, 68-4, 64-50) |
| 9 | Abdul Javaid (Punjab) | def. | Mehmood Khan (Balochistan) | walkover |
| 10 | Fazal Umar Butt (Sindh) | def. | Saif Ali Khan (Balochistan) | 4-0 (75-42, 68-48, 56-15, 55-29) |
| 11 | Shaikh M. Mudassir (Punjab) | def. | Jahangir Yar Mohammad (Balochistan) | walk over |
| 12 | Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) | def. | Mohammad Umer (Punjab) | 4-1 (59-49, 83-8, 1-64, 59-38, 50-39) |
| 13 | Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) | def. | Mohammad Faizan (Sindh) | 4-0 (73-34, 72-16, 73-18, 57-56) |
| 14 | Qadeer Abbas (Punjab) | def. | Mohammad Abdullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | 4-1 (46-70, 60-41, 70-60, 76-45, 73-46) |
| 15 | Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) | def. | Awais Ullah (Punjab) | 4-3 (76-5, 81-17, 69-41, 36-62, 19-66, 16-73, 62-53) |
| 16 | Umair Alam (Sindh) | def. | Saeed Ahmed (Balochistan) | 4-2 (74-24, 44-62, 52-28, 33-53, 76-22, 65-59) |
| 17 | Imran Shahzad (Punjab) | def. | Amir Shahzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | 4-0 (71-24, 59-56, 75-34, 57-28) |
| 18 | Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) | def. | Ahmed Shah (Balochistan) | 4-1 (53-43, 16-78, 92-1, 59-38, 50-8) |
